Smoker&#39;s appliance



9 1935 c. H. SAPPER ET AL 2,@@6,9@5

SMOKER S APPLIANCE Filed May 28. 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet l Jose v 7v Elke)? ilorney SMOKER S APPLIANCE Filed May 28 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventors aerflllorney Patented July 2, 1935 SMOKERS PATENT APPLIANCE CharlesH. Sapper, Hugh T. Kirkland, Hyman B.

Lasting, and Joseph Elkin, Portsmouth, Va.,

assignors to Pressed Metals Commodities, lnc., Portsmouth, Va., a corporation of Virginia Application May 28, 1934, Serial No. 728,014

6 Claims.

This invention pertains to an improved smokers appliance of the general type of that constituting the subject matter of our co-pending application Serial No. 718,708, filed April 21934.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a smokers appliance embodying novel means for mounting said appliance in position on'acard table or other support.

Another important object of the invention is to provide an improved smokers appliance comprising novel means for. holding a package of cigarettes and either box or book matches.

A still further important object of the invention is to provide an appliance of the character described embodying novel'supp'orting means for a cup or the like. v

'Still another important object of the invention is to provide. a smokers appliance including an ash tray,,together with novel means fordetachably mounting said ash tray in a manner to permit the same to be conveniently removed for emptying. or other purposes.

Still further objects of the invention are to provide a smokers appliance of the aforemen- 25, tioned character which will be strong, durable, simple in construction, compact and which may be produced at comparatively .low cost.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawingswherein similar reference characters denote like parts inthe sev' eral views, and wherein:-

Figure 1 is a side elevational view. of a smokers appliance constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a view in vertical longitudinal section through the invention.

vice with the ash tray omitted.

Figure 4 is a detail view in perspective of the cup bracket. I

Figure 5 is a viewin vertical transverse section through the invention, showing the'means for supporting a cup thereon.

Figure 6 ma detail view in perspective of the view, top plan of the ash Figure 3 is a rear elevational view of the dea bracket which is designated generally by the" reference numeral I, said bracket including a vertical plate 2 with the upper end of which a right angularly extending jaw 3 is integral, said jaw 3 being engageable beneath the frame 4 of a conventional card table, a portion of the top of which is designated by the referencenumeral 5. The jaw 3 is provided with upturned side flanges 6 which, it will be noted, engage the frame 4. ,At a point adjacent the plate 2, the-j-v jaw 3 is further provided with a slot I, the purpose of which will be presently set forth.

The bracket I further includes'a horizontal plate 8 which projects forwardly from the lower end of the plate 2, said plate 8 being integral with the plate 12. Rising vertically from the free forward end of the plate 8 is a resilient plate 9- which is formed to provide shoulders II). It will thus be seen that the bracket I is substantially:

U-shaped. A' tongue II is struck from thever tical front plate 9. The reference numeral I2 designates a guide which'is struck from the rear I The reference numeral I4 designates a clamp j which is slidably mountedin the slots 1 and I3."

At its upper 'end, the clamp I 4 terminatesin a right angularly extending jaw I5 which isengageable over the table top 5 for'coaction with the jaw 3 for removably mounting the appliance in position; At its lower end, the clamp I4 terminates in a forwardly projecting'handle por tion IS. The jaws 3 and I5 are yieldinglyurgedtoward each other by a suitable spring I'I, one endof which is preferably connected to the jaw 3 and the other end of which is preferably connected to an intermediate portion of the clamp I4, as best seen in Figure3 of the drawings.

Removably mounted on the bracket Ii's' an ash tray I8 which is formed to provide a flange I9 which is engageable beneath the horizontal plate 8 of the bracket I, said flange I9 having a recess; 20 which accommodates the clamp I4. The flange I9 has formedthereon inturned side flanges 2| which are slidablye'nga'geable over the marginal side portions of the horizontal plate 8 for removably mountingthe ash tray I8 on the bracket I. A loop 22 is struck downwardly from a side portion of the flange I9. The loop 22 slidably receives abracket 23 (see Figure 5) which includes an upturned, bifurcated free end portion 24 upon which a cup 25, or the like, is removably mounted. The cup 25 is mounted on the bracket 23 through the medium of a headed stud 26 which projects from said cup and which is engageable between the bifurcations of the portion 24 of said bracket 23.

In use, the marginal portion of the table or other support is clamped between the jaws 3 and l 5 in the manner illustrated to advantage in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings. The handle l6 provides means for conveniently actuating the upper jaw I5 relative to the lower jaw 3 against the tension of the spring ll. With the device thus mounted on the table or other support, a package of cigarettes may be conveniently slipped between the plates 2 and 9 of the bracket I, said cigarettes resting on the horizontal plate 8. A conventional box of matches may be slipped downwardly over the front plate 9 until arrested by engagement with the shoulders $0, the inner portion of the box being engaged and slid upwardly in a manner to expose the matches by thetongue ll. Of course, the upper portion of the-inner portion of the match box may be torn off to facilitate removal of the matches. If book matches are being used, the book may be conveniently wedged between the tongue I l and the front plate 9. It will be noted that the ash tray l8 may be conveniently removed from the rest of the appliance for emptying or other purposes and replaced. It will also be noted that, should it be desired, the cup bracket 23 may be removed from the rest of the appliance.

It is believed that the many advantages of an improvedsmokers appliance constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood, and although a preferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:--

1. A smokers appliance of the class described comprising a bracket including opposed back and front plates for the reception therebetween of a package of cigarettes, a stationary jaw on the back plate, a slidable jaw on the back plate for coaction with the stationary jaw for detachably mounting the bracket on a support, resilient means yieldingly urging the jaws toward each other, the front plate being engageablein a box of 7 matches for supporting said box on the bracket, and a tongue struck from the front plate for opening the box when it is mounted on said front plate.

2. A smokers appliance of the class described comprising a bracket including spaced, opposed front and back plates and a horizontal plate extending therebetween, a stationary jaw integral with the back plate, a spring actuated jaw slidably mounted on the bracket and cooperable with the stationary jaw for detachably securing said bracket on a support, an ash tray, a flange projecting from the ash tray and engageable beneath the horizontal plate, means on the flange slidably engageable with the marginal sideportions of the horizontal plate for removably mounting the tray thereon, a cup bracket, and a loop on the tray flange for the reception of the cup bracket for removably mounting said cup bracket on the appliance.

3. A smokers appliance of the class described comprising a bracket including a back plate, a horizontal plate projecting forwardly from the bottom of theback plate, a front plate rising from the horizontal plate, said front and back plates being adapted to receive a package of cigarettes therebetween, a stationary jaw projecting horizontally from the top of the back plate, said stationary jaw having a slot therein, a guide projecting from the lower portion of the bracket, a clamp slidably mounted in the slot and the guide, a jaw on one end of the clamp cooperable with the first-named jaw for mounting the bracket on a support, resilient means for yieldingly' urging the slidable jaw toward the stationary jaw,- a handle on the other end of the clamp for actu'ating the slidable jaw against the tension of the resilient means, an ash tray, and means forre'-- movably mounting the ash tray on the bracket;

4. A smokers appliance of the class described comprising a bracket including a back plate, a

horizontal plate projecting forwardly from the bottom of the back plate, a front plate rising from the horizontal plate, said front and back plates being adapted to receive a package of cigarettes therebetween, a stationary jaw projecting horizontally from the top of the back plate, said sta tionary jaw having a slot therein, a guide projecting from the lower portion of the bracket, a clamp slidably mounted in the slot and the guide,

a jaw on one end of the clamp cooperable with the first-named jaw for mounting the bracket on a support, resilient means for yieldingly urging the slidable jaw toward the stationary jaw, a handle on the other end of the clamp for actuating the slidable jaw against the tension of the resilient means, an ash tray, and means for removably mounting the ash tray on the bracket, the last-named means including a flange projecting horizontally from the tray and engageable beneath the horizontal plate, and inturned flanges on the sides of the first-named flange engageable over the marginal side portions of the horizontal plate.

5. A smokers appliance of the class described comprising a bracket including spaced, opposed front and rear plates for the reception therebetween of a package of cigarettes, means for mounting the bracket on a support, and an inclined tongue'struck out from the front plate and cooperable with said front plate for mounting a book of matches on the bracket.

6. A smokers appliance of the class described comprising a substantially U-shaped bracket adapted to hold a package of cigarettes, means for securing the bracket to a support, and a removable ash tray slidably mounted on the bight portion of said substantially U-shaped bracket.

CHARLES H. SAPPER. HUGH T. KIRKLAND. HYIVIAN B. LASTING. JOSEPH ELKIN, 

